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Volume XC, Number 56
University of Southern California
Wednesday, May 6, 1981
KNXT investigates psychotherapy center
Staff photo by Beto Belotti
ANCIENT ART — This stone sculpture which stoically watches over students, may be found at the School of Philosophy.
INAUGURAL COLLOQUIUM
University history told
By Eric Vincent
Staff Writer
The Center for Feeling Therapy was a psychotherapy center which operated in Hollywood for seven years before its patients left the center, causing it to close down. The patients left within a two-day period in November, 1980. One of the co-founders was Joseph Hart, now a visiting professor here at the university.
Hart, who was also one of the chief therapists at the center, was hired by the psychology department in September, 1980 in clinical psychology.
Both semesters of this year, Hart taught a 400 level course dealing with human personality.
A local CBS television network affiliate, KNXT-TV is running a series of broadcasts dealing with the Center for Feeling Therapy, which contains interviews with former patients ot the center.
Reportedly, the Wednesday evening segment of the series will focus on allegations made by former patients against Hart.
“The center began as something of a utopian dream. Its founders tried to build a community of patients near its Hollywood headquarters,” said Jim Mitchell, the KNXT reporter of the story in the Tuesday evening broadcast. “The fundamental pitch of the center was that ‘If you would only deeply experience your feelings and express them honestly to others, your problems would disappear.” Mitchell continued.
In the segment run Monday, one girl said she had been forced to have an abortion after she was made to wear a life-sized doll strapped around her waist for several weeks and was con-
stantly told she would be better off having an abortion.
When contacted Monday, Hart stated he was unable to comment on the allegations or the programs on the advice of his lawyer. He did point out that all of the therapists who have been involved in the allegations, including himself, have denied their validity.
“To say that these things are supris-ing is an understatement, frankly,"said Gerald C. Davison, director of clinical training at the university and Hart's direct supervisor.
Davison said he was aware of Hart's affiliaion with the center, but knew nothing of the allegations against the therapis s unitl he saw the KNXT advertisement for the series on April 30.
“What I saw in the advertisement was vei> unsettling to say the least,” Davison said.
“In terms of this publicity, this is a new experience for me. It has never happened where a colleague of mine has been accused of such things, let alone in the television media. So of course, I am very concerned about it and very puzzled and upset,” Davison said.
No decision had been made as to whether Hart would continue in the fall before the publicity on the center was made public, Davison said.
“If formal charges are filed, I will be reliant on how that process (legal process) works itself out for knowing what in fact happened. That to me is the proper way to proceed,” Davison said.
Davison said Hart's hiring was done very informally last fall because it was late in the year and was to meet the department's needs to fill in the positions for certain classes.
By David Wharton
The university is re-entering a period of financial difficulties and must focus on basic goals to continue to grow, said
Doyce Nunis, a professor of history at the university.
Nunis, the first speaker in the four-day Faculty Inaugural Colloquium, “Toward USC’s Second Century,” addressed
INAUGURATION CALENDAR
Earth Sciences
A lecture on the Decade of the Earth Sciences, meeting the challenges in resources, environment and earthquake predictions, will be held today at Salvatori Hall. Information on the time may be obtained by contacting the Geological Sciences department.
“This i Believe”
Coretta Scott King will speak today at 12:30 p.m. in Bovard Auditorium. She is speaking as part of the “This I Believe” series, sponsored by the University Religious Center.
Inaugural colloquium
A Faculty Inaugural Colloquium is being held. May 5-8, at 3:30 p.m. at Annenberg School Main Auditorium.
Plano performance
David Burge will perform at 8:00 p.m. in the Arnold Schoenberg Institute.
Drama oresentation
The drama department presents "The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi” May 6-9 at 8:00 p.m. in Bing Theater.
Honor students
The Office of Honor Student’s services will hold a Scholars Symposium today at 2:00 p.m. in Town and Gown.
the subject of the university in historical perspective Tuesday in Annenberg Auditorium.
The university must compete for limited future funds with a stellar performance in the areas of teaching and research, Nunis said to a small audience in the modernistic auditorium.
He said the university should concentrate on the goals of community service, the improvement of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and investigation of new ways of instruction.
These issues are crucial to the growth of the university and success in these areas depends mainly on the faculty, Nunis said.
Throughout most of its history, the university has had to contend with grave financial problems. Nunis said these dif-fuculties arose because the university was a “city” school, with most of its students from the area, and Los Angeles was not an affluent area until the late 1940s.
The university’s association with the Methodist Episcopal Conference also hurt the school financially because strict religious standards, such as mandatory church attendance, discouraged applicants and the church regulated the funds the university could receive from the outside community.
(Continued on page 9)
Students shape policies to govern fictitious city
By John W. Powell
Staff Writer
A course offered by the the Public Administration Department again next semester allows students to participate in and familiarize themselves with the roles people play in government in a game that is modeled after a Midwestern metropolitan community.
“The course (Public Administration 220g — “Simulated Policy-Making in Urban Systems Theory and Practice”) gives students a sense of why government is set up the way it is,” said Richard McGinty, executive director of the Center of Multidisciplinary Education Exercises (COMEX).
In addition to lectures and class discussions, students are given the opportunity to play the role of a politician, planner, industrialist, land developer, environmental quality manager, reporter, budget officer or pressure group activist in a simulated commumity. The shape of the community is determined by a computer, which analyzes the decisions that are made by students during the exercise.
“The game has been designed to allow students to experience some aspects of the governmental process,” said Catherine Burke, one of the instructors.
“By learning how local government functions, people become competent citizens. However, most of us will not go to congress. Most of us will not even get involved in state legislation. But most of us will have something to say about what's going on locally.
“The more capable we are locally, the stronger our local governments become, and the greater we ensure our freedom. This is a class that is trying to teach you active participative citizenship. It is a general education class designed to help people become good citizens,” she said.
“Students have very little sense of how the economy and the government interact, and how much impact they as citizens can have upon it. Most students because of their age and experiences just don’t realize that they can be involved in decisions that have great impact on how they live their lives.”
(Continued on page 9)

(MMj trojan
Volume XC, Number 56
University of Southern California
Wednesday, May 6, 1981
KNXT investigates psychotherapy center
Staff photo by Beto Belotti
ANCIENT ART — This stone sculpture which stoically watches over students, may be found at the School of Philosophy.
INAUGURAL COLLOQUIUM
University history told
By Eric Vincent
Staff Writer
The Center for Feeling Therapy was a psychotherapy center which operated in Hollywood for seven years before its patients left the center, causing it to close down. The patients left within a two-day period in November, 1980. One of the co-founders was Joseph Hart, now a visiting professor here at the university.
Hart, who was also one of the chief therapists at the center, was hired by the psychology department in September, 1980 in clinical psychology.
Both semesters of this year, Hart taught a 400 level course dealing with human personality.
A local CBS television network affiliate, KNXT-TV is running a series of broadcasts dealing with the Center for Feeling Therapy, which contains interviews with former patients ot the center.
Reportedly, the Wednesday evening segment of the series will focus on allegations made by former patients against Hart.
“The center began as something of a utopian dream. Its founders tried to build a community of patients near its Hollywood headquarters,” said Jim Mitchell, the KNXT reporter of the story in the Tuesday evening broadcast. “The fundamental pitch of the center was that ‘If you would only deeply experience your feelings and express them honestly to others, your problems would disappear.” Mitchell continued.
In the segment run Monday, one girl said she had been forced to have an abortion after she was made to wear a life-sized doll strapped around her waist for several weeks and was con-
stantly told she would be better off having an abortion.
When contacted Monday, Hart stated he was unable to comment on the allegations or the programs on the advice of his lawyer. He did point out that all of the therapists who have been involved in the allegations, including himself, have denied their validity.
“To say that these things are supris-ing is an understatement, frankly,"said Gerald C. Davison, director of clinical training at the university and Hart's direct supervisor.
Davison said he was aware of Hart's affiliaion with the center, but knew nothing of the allegations against the therapis s unitl he saw the KNXT advertisement for the series on April 30.
“What I saw in the advertisement was vei> unsettling to say the least,” Davison said.
“In terms of this publicity, this is a new experience for me. It has never happened where a colleague of mine has been accused of such things, let alone in the television media. So of course, I am very concerned about it and very puzzled and upset,” Davison said.
No decision had been made as to whether Hart would continue in the fall before the publicity on the center was made public, Davison said.
“If formal charges are filed, I will be reliant on how that process (legal process) works itself out for knowing what in fact happened. That to me is the proper way to proceed,” Davison said.
Davison said Hart's hiring was done very informally last fall because it was late in the year and was to meet the department's needs to fill in the positions for certain classes.
By David Wharton
The university is re-entering a period of financial difficulties and must focus on basic goals to continue to grow, said
Doyce Nunis, a professor of history at the university.
Nunis, the first speaker in the four-day Faculty Inaugural Colloquium, “Toward USC’s Second Century,” addressed
INAUGURATION CALENDAR
Earth Sciences
A lecture on the Decade of the Earth Sciences, meeting the challenges in resources, environment and earthquake predictions, will be held today at Salvatori Hall. Information on the time may be obtained by contacting the Geological Sciences department.
“This i Believe”
Coretta Scott King will speak today at 12:30 p.m. in Bovard Auditorium. She is speaking as part of the “This I Believe” series, sponsored by the University Religious Center.
Inaugural colloquium
A Faculty Inaugural Colloquium is being held. May 5-8, at 3:30 p.m. at Annenberg School Main Auditorium.
Plano performance
David Burge will perform at 8:00 p.m. in the Arnold Schoenberg Institute.
Drama oresentation
The drama department presents "The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi” May 6-9 at 8:00 p.m. in Bing Theater.
Honor students
The Office of Honor Student’s services will hold a Scholars Symposium today at 2:00 p.m. in Town and Gown.
the subject of the university in historical perspective Tuesday in Annenberg Auditorium.
The university must compete for limited future funds with a stellar performance in the areas of teaching and research, Nunis said to a small audience in the modernistic auditorium.
He said the university should concentrate on the goals of community service, the improvement of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and investigation of new ways of instruction.
These issues are crucial to the growth of the university and success in these areas depends mainly on the faculty, Nunis said.
Throughout most of its history, the university has had to contend with grave financial problems. Nunis said these dif-fuculties arose because the university was a “city” school, with most of its students from the area, and Los Angeles was not an affluent area until the late 1940s.
The university’s association with the Methodist Episcopal Conference also hurt the school financially because strict religious standards, such as mandatory church attendance, discouraged applicants and the church regulated the funds the university could receive from the outside community.
(Continued on page 9)
Students shape policies to govern fictitious city
By John W. Powell
Staff Writer
A course offered by the the Public Administration Department again next semester allows students to participate in and familiarize themselves with the roles people play in government in a game that is modeled after a Midwestern metropolitan community.
“The course (Public Administration 220g — “Simulated Policy-Making in Urban Systems Theory and Practice”) gives students a sense of why government is set up the way it is,” said Richard McGinty, executive director of the Center of Multidisciplinary Education Exercises (COMEX).
In addition to lectures and class discussions, students are given the opportunity to play the role of a politician, planner, industrialist, land developer, environmental quality manager, reporter, budget officer or pressure group activist in a simulated commumity. The shape of the community is determined by a computer, which analyzes the decisions that are made by students during the exercise.
“The game has been designed to allow students to experience some aspects of the governmental process,” said Catherine Burke, one of the instructors.
“By learning how local government functions, people become competent citizens. However, most of us will not go to congress. Most of us will not even get involved in state legislation. But most of us will have something to say about what's going on locally.
“The more capable we are locally, the stronger our local governments become, and the greater we ensure our freedom. This is a class that is trying to teach you active participative citizenship. It is a general education class designed to help people become good citizens,” she said.
“Students have very little sense of how the economy and the government interact, and how much impact they as citizens can have upon it. Most students because of their age and experiences just don’t realize that they can be involved in decisions that have great impact on how they live their lives.”
(Continued on page 9)